The whole exercise was a war game, put on in secret by the Defense Department to test the nation's readiness for a subversive attack.

To test their readiness, you can begin to lessen your involvement and give your successor responsibility for making some important decisions.

We just wanted to test your readiness and see how you would react to such an impossible command.

But the Pentagon issued a statement this afternoon saying the units were involved in previously scheduled exercises to test their readiness.

"It's just. . . well, how do we know this isn't an elaborate scheme to test our readiness?"

"I'll expect to test your readiness with some target practice if luck doesn't send us real targets on this voyage."

Let's hope we don't have to test your team's readiness.

She relaxed against the cold floor, testing her body's readiness, heard a door open, sensed increased light through her eyelids.

At first they think the events are a "problem", a simulation created by their superiors to test their readiness.

June: Eligible Receiver 97 tests the American government's readiness against cyberattacks.